Introduction:You have learned about the different weather changes and weather activities that go along with the winter and summer months. You will have the opportunity to take advantage of the warm weather at a beach resort in a Spanish Speaking Country or Island or you are inspired by the cold snowy weather and will be visiting a ski resort in Spain, Argentina or Chile. You will spend five days on your vacation involved in activities and visiting some points of interests. You will then write postcards to your family and friends in Spanish letting them know about your vacation.
Task:You have decided to take a five day mini vacation on either a Beach Resort or a Ski Resort. After visiting some of the on-line websites I have given you, you will find either a Beach Resort or a Ski Resort where you will be staying for five days. You will then write to me or your family and friends telling us about specific activities you did each day along with a historical site you visited or a restaurant you ate at each day. Each PowerPoint slide will inform us of your daily adventures while on vacation. Each slide must have pictures to back up your information .
The Process: The Slideshow Presentation must include the following:
Pictures and name of the place you stayed at
The weather each day at the beginning of your paragraph proceeded by your activities and sightseeing information
Include at least 10 vocabulary words and at least 8 AR verbs from your chart in the past tense
Who you went with
Pictures and activities you did during your stay
Activities you didn't do
Necessary items you brought with you for your trip (vocabulary words).
Restaurants, Museums, or Points of Interest you visited or did not get to visit
items or souvenirs you purchased
Use guiding questions for paragraphs
Helpful Greetings & Salutations:
Greetings: In personal correspondence, the equivalent of "dear" is querido or querida, depending on the gender of the person.
Querido Roberto (Dear Roberto)
Querida Ana (Dear Ana)
Queridos Juan y Lisa (Dear John and Lisa)
Salutations: Although the following closings for personal letters may sound overly affectionate to English speakers, they are quite commonly used:
Un abrazo (literally, a hug)
Un fuerte abrazo (literally, a strong hug)
Cariñosos saludos (roughly, kind regards)
Afectuosamente (affectionately)
The following are common with close friends or family members:
Besos y abrazos (literally, kisses and hugs)
Besos (literally, kisses)
Con todo mi cariño (with all my caring)
Con todo mi afecto (with all my affection)
Guiding Questions:
Dónde fuiste? o ¿Dónde estás?
¿Cuándo llegaste? ¿Te gusta el hotel?
¿Es un balneario o es una Estación de Esqui? ¿Cómo es?
¿Que hay en el balneario? (pool, tennis court, beach?)
¿Está cerca o lejos de la playa?
¿Cómo es la playa? Hay olas? Grandes o pequeñas? ¿Cómo es la arena?
¿ Qué tipo de ropa o cosas (things) llevaste?
¿Dónde pasaste el dia?
¿Qué actividades hiciste (did) o no hiciste?
Jugaste el la cancha de tennis? ¿Qué llevaste o necesitaste?
¿Ganaste? (ganar). Que llevaste a la cancha de tenis?
¿Con quién fuiste?
¿Qué visitaste?
¿Tomaste muchas fotos?
¿Qué llevaste? ¿Qué tipo de ropa o accesorios llevaste?
¿Qué compraste? Que recuerdos (souvenirs) compraste?
¿Visitaste un restaurante? Que ordenaste o tomaste? (ordenar o tomar)
Introduction: You have learned about the different weather changes and weather activities that go along with the winter and summer months. You will have the opportunity to take advantage of the warm weather at a beach resort in a Spanish Speaking Country or Island or you are inspired by the cold snowy weather and will be visiting a ski resort in Spain, Argentina or Chile. You will spend five days on your vacation involved in activities and visiting some points of interests. You will then write postcards to your family and friends in Spanish letting them know about your vacation.
Task: You have decided to take a five day mini vacation on either a Beach Resort or a Ski Resort. After visiting some of the on-line websites I have given you, you will find either a Beach Resort or a Ski Resort where you will be staying for five days. You will then write to me or your family and friends telling us about specific activities you did each day along with a historical site you visited or a restaurant you ate at each day. Each PowerPoint slide will inform us of your daily adventures while on vacation. Each slide must have pictures to back up your information .
The Process: The Slideshow Presentation must include the following:
Helpful Greetings & Salutations:
Greetings: In personal correspondence, the equivalent of "dear" is querido or querida, depending on the gender of the person.
- Querido Roberto (Dear Roberto)
- Querida Ana (Dear Ana)
- Queridos Juan y Lisa (Dear John and Lisa)
Salutations: Although the following closings for personal letters may sound overly affectionate to English speakers, they are quite commonly used:- Un abrazo (literally, a hug)
- Un fuerte abrazo (literally, a strong hug)
- Cariñosos saludos (roughly, kind regards)
- Afectuosamente (affectionately)
The following are common with close friends or family members:Guiding Questions:
Resources:
Links:
Countries
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/
Ski Resorts for Argentina, Chile, or Spain
Argentina:
http://www.laslenas.com/eng/
http://www.laslenasvacations.com/flash.html
Chile:
http://www.vallenevado.com/en/
http://vallenevadochile.com/
Spain:
http://skisierranevadaspain.com/
http://www.sierranevada.co.uk/
http://www.spainguides.com/skiing-san-isidro.html
Travel Guide
http://www.travel.com/
Photos:
http://photovault.com
Evaluation and Assessment:
Power Point Rubric.doc
Guiding Questions: